Match

Richmond vs St Kilda

Commentary / 26 May 2018

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to MCG for the Richmond v St Kilda Round 10 clash.
59:33
Outs for Tigers: D.Grimes, J.Townsend, J.Castagna, S.Lloyd
59:34
Ins for Tigers: J.Higgins, C.Moore, C.Menadue, B.Ellis
59:35
Outs for Saints: N.Brown, N.Coffield, R.Marshall, M.Weller, D.Armitage
59:36
Ins for Saints: L.Austin, J.Carlisle, B.White, P.McCartin, D.McKenzie
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
The Tigers have won the time in forward half differential by 10 minutes and 50 seconds per game this season, ranked second in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:15
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)
02:39
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Trent Cotchin)
06:35
Richmond has five of the first six inside 50s of the match and has enjoyed 82 per cent time in forward half to start the match.
06:43
Tigers Interchange - Jack Riewoldt and is possibly out for the game.
08:39
Richmond has already established a 17 to nine advantage in contested possession. The Tigers have lost the contested possession count in each of their last three games this season.
11:11
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
12:18
St Kilda is leading the tackle count 10 to three. They rank 14th in the competition for tackles this season, averaging 62 tackles per game.
14:42
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Newnes)
15:00
After kicking a career-high four goals last week, Jack Newnes has kicked St Kilda's first goal this week.
19:34
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)
20:00
Both of Richmond's goals have come via defensive half chains. They average 40 points per game from defensive half chains this season, ranked third in the competition.
21:12
Tigers Interchange - Bachar Houli off due to an injury.
22:15
Jimmy Webster is having an enormous first quarter with 14 disposals at 73 per cent efficiency, five contested possessions, four intercept possessions and two clearances.
25:24
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steven)
26:58
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)
28:07
St Kilda leads the disposal count by 11 at quarter time, but 76 of its 108 disposals have been in its defensive half of the ground. In contrast, Richmond has had 49 of its 97 disposals in its back half - almost a 50/50 split.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:25
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
02:51
Richmond has won 12 forward half intercept possessions to St Kilda's four, managing to pin St Kilda in its defensive half.
05:04
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)
05:15
Saints Interchange - Brandon White off due to an injury.
07:01
Richmond has 30 possession gains for the match, compared to St Kilda's 19. Jayden Short has a match-high six intercept possessions, four of these being marks from St Kilda kicks.
07:31
Tigers Interchange - Bachar Houli and is possibly out for the game.
08:40
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Paddy McCartin)
10:56
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Trent Cotchin)
11:27
St Kilda continues to dominate the clearances this quarter, winning the first five of the term. They lead in this area 16 to five for the match, yet Richmond has outscored the Saints 2.0.12 to 1.1.7 from this score source.
14:11
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Lonie)
17:00
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Hunter Clark)
19:16
St Kilda has won the inside 50 count 15 to eight this quarter and clearances seven to one, yet have only managed 1.3.9 from this dominance, compared to Richmond's 2.1.13.
20:45
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
24:43
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
25:07
In an end-to-end contest, both sides are scoring heavily on the back of defensive half chains. Richmond has kicked 5.2.32 from defensive half chains and St Kilda has kicked 4.2.26 from defensive half chains, representing all bar one point of its score.
25:11
Saints Interchange - Brandon White off due to an injury.
27:43
At the half, St Kilda leads clearances 20 to seven. Tom Hickey has a match-high six clearances and also has six hitouts-to-advantage, leading the Saints to a nine to four advantage in this area.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:23
St Kilda has continued to own the footy, leading the disposal count 26 to eight for the term and uncontested possessions 20 to five this quarter. They lead the disposal count and uncontested possession count by 57 and 53 respectively for the match.
04:05
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
05:51
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Billings)
06:25
Jarryn Geary has had 10 disposals already this quarter at 100 per cent efficiency for St Kilda. Richmond has also had 10 disposals for the quarter, albeit at just 60 per cent efficiency.
07:21
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Lonie)
08:46
St Kilda has 50 disposals at 86 per cent efficiency for the term. Richmond has just 12 disposals at 58 per cent efficiency.
09:00
Saints Interchange - Luke Dunstan off due to an injury.
09:58
St Kilda remarkably has 35 more uncontested possessions and eight more contested possessions than Richmond this quarter and has kicked 3.0.18 to 0.1.1 as a result. All three goals have come via intercept possessions.
11:43
St Kilda has kicked 5.0.30 from intercept possessions from its defensive 50. In total, they have had 19 intercept possessions in its back 50. This is its best result in this area since they kicked 6.1.37 from defensive 50 intercepts in Round 1.
13:29
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
16:05
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Newnes)
18:22
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Nick Vlastuin)
20:17
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Nick Vlastuin)
20:35
Remarkably, despite having 49 fewer disposals (and having just 38 disposals for the quarter), Richmond leads inside 50s 10 to eight for the quarter and have steadied on the back of Nick Vlastuin's first two goals of the season.
22:19
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
23:21
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
24:59
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Callum Moore)
25:33
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Callum Moore)
26:12
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
27:19
A steadying goal to Jade Gresham (his third for the term), puts St Kilda back in front for the quarter. Despite the Saints early dominance, Richmond kicked 4.3.27 to 0.0.0 from the 17-minute mark to the 26-minute mark of the term.
30:23
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shaun Grigg)
31:55
In Richmond's nine minutes of dominance from the 17 to 26 minute mark, they won contested possession by nine, clearances by five and had six inside 50s to nil, kicking three of its four goals from intercept possessions in its attacking midfield zone.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:49
Saints Interchange - Jack Newnes off due to an injury.
03:39
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
05:03
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
06:42
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
07:30
Jade Gresham has kicked five goals today, equalling his career-high, which interestingly came in Round 23 last year against Richmond. He is St Kilda's leading goal scorer this season with 16 goals, nine more than any other Saint.
10:09
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
11:49
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
12:54
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
13:48
Both captains have led their respective sides well today. Trent Cotchin has 27 disposals, 14 contested possessions and nine clearances for the Tigers, while Jarryn Geary has totalled 30 disposals, 11 contested possessions and 12 intercepts for St Kilda
15:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)
16:11
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Trent Cotchin)
17:39
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
20:15
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Nick Vlastuin)
21:55
Nick Vlastuin's three second half goals equals his career-high set way back in Round 10, 2013 against West Coast.
25:28
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
26:08
Josh Caddy's five goals is a new career-high for the Tiger. He had kicked four goals on three occasions.
26:32
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
26:53
Jade Gresham also has a new career-high with six goals for the Saints as well.
29:14
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
31:58
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Callum Moore)
32:37
St Kilda set season-highs with 440 disposals and 310 uncontested possessions today.